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A History of the Low Countries (Palgrave Essential Histories Series) Second Edition, Revised Edition

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  • Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Series
  • Paperback: 344 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Second Edition, Revised edition (July 17, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0230293107
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230293106
  • Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A general and brief survey of the region's history, without much depth and serious historical analysis
By Guy Deutsch on April 3, 2014
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"A History of the Low Countries" by Paul Arblaster professes to be "the first full historical survey of the Benelux area to be written in English", ranging from 57 BC to the Belgian constitutional crisis of 2010-2011. Standing almost alone as an English historical survey of this area from ancient times to the present, it offers a decent general and brief survey of the region's history, but not much in the way of depth and serious historical analysis.

Already at the outset Arblaster admits that "in composing such a general work I have had to fight my professional urge to provide detailed footnotes at every point." (p. xiii) In his opinion, in writing such a comprehensive historical narrative, "the author need provide only an outline of what might be interesting, and leave the rest to the reader's curiosity", referring his readers, inter alia, to Wikipedia and YouTube for supplementing their knowledge.

The narrative is comprised mostly of brief surveys of events, coupled with thematic sections that often amount to little more than agglomerations of facts and anecdotes related to a certain theme (e.g., the rise of religious and political movements, social and cultural trends, etc.), without any significant analytical or ideational thread connecting them.

The historical narrative itself, while often fluent and clear, is at times incomplete and dissatisfying. For example, the description of the Batavian Revolt of AD 69-70 by the author is based mainly on Tacitus's Histories, and thus he concludes the account of the revolt led by Julius Civilis by stating that "the rest of Tacitus's Histories is missing and nothing is known of what happened to Civilis", adding a few other general details that render the account incomplete.Read more ›
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but it is a good book that I read before
By rod on July 27, 2015
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I am atill reading it, but it is a good book that I read before, ...these region or Benelux is one of those areas of the world favored bt the people who being diverse made the best by beiung hardworking, innovative, explorers and industrious..worth to learn with this book.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Amazing Insight in a brief book
By Lewis on March 18, 2014
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Despite surveying nearly 2000 years, Arblaster does not do "equal coverage". He is able to focus on most critical times and offered a nuanced view despite the brevity. There is little lost to brevity because Arblaster does not let brevity dilute significance.
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